Now I’m off to watch Canadian Bacon, and then I’ll join the liberal conspiracy in oppressing college Republicans. After all, it’s time they learn what oppression really looks like.

– oh yes, they are

I doubt Kaye knows much about Horse by-products. She seems to be more interested in bull shit than horse shit.

People need food and vital medications to survive ? so, if all else fails in trying to reason with fuel companies to lower their cost, maybe it’s time to invest in a horse and buggy. Maybe we need to observe how some of the “Amish” communities manage to function without gas-guzzling automobiles.

Just think of how much cleaner the environment would be if gas-free forms of transportation were resurrected.

Umm, Kaye? Horses aren’t exactly pollution-free, if you know what I mean (and somehow, I doubt you do).

Corporations aren’t good or evil. Like Funky Finger Productions Corporations’ mission statement says, their only goal is “mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money”. Corporations are non-human entities. The idea of sacrifice for the public good does not compute.

If crude prices rise, the Oil Corporations are sure as shit going to pass those costs on to you, the captive sucka-ass consumer who needs to drive to earn an income and procure food.

Kaye’s hold must be really strong on me, because I would like to kind of disagree with the Krugmanomicon: retail gas prices were rising steadily well before Katrina created Lake George in New Orleans. The reason for that could be shortage of supply or that the leaders of the OPEC countries (The Arabs and That Brown Dude from Venezuela we tried to oust) hate our fucking guts because we’re percieved as insane imperialist assholes. Let the fucking gringos twist in the wind, they say. What do they care, they’re making bank and Americans will pay whatever they have to.

That is, one way or another, people will have to be persuaded to limit their consumption of natural gas, gasoline and heating oil to match the available supply.

I lived in Minnesota for a while and let me tell ya, there, cutting back further on the heat when it’s 30 below outside is not a fucking option. When I went to visit recently, I was freezing my ass off, indoors, so I went to the thermostat and noticed the cobwebs had locked it in at 52 degrees.

This is yet another example of why corporations suck at delivering utilities humans need to survive. When it comes to optional items like Diet Coke or Playstation, fine. But if US citizens have to freeze and get sick because they can’t afford to pay the heating bill, that’s fucking wrong.

If the US government went to the Oil Corporations and said “look, US citizens are hurting, how about you cut back one or two percentage points on your net profits and give them a break? No? How about we actually make sure you pay taxes this year? How would you like that? Alrighty then.” That would be fine with me.

I don’t subscribe to the Republican Bamboozle-Propaganda assumption that what is good for Exxon Mobil Corporation is good for me. If the Corporate Board Members have to postpone buying that second yacht, I’ll live.

I would much rather my Government, which is supposed to be responsible to Citizens not Corporations, stepped in and blocked Corporations from doing things that harm Citizens. I believe that’s what Government is supposed to do. Instead of what is illustrated on the front page of The New and Mightier Corrente Building. (warning hang on to your beverages).

I would also like my Government to eliminate tax deductions for non-farmers (like lawyers) who buy SUV’s. I would like the Government to encourage Biodiesel and hybrids with tax breaks.

Instead of putting all the responsibility on Joe Citizen to stop taking those frivolous joyrides to work and to the supermarket.

Kaye is sooo hot. Rawr!

Yes, my point, though, was that while there was a gain in earnings for energy companies, it’s not because they’re out to bilk consumers through market manipulation a la Enron & friends in California. The rise in gas prices is a natural outcome of having increased demand for oil overseas, as well as having refineries taken out by Katrina. Witness the Krugman:

Now, much of the public believes that corporate evildoers with close ties to the administration are conspiring to drive prices up. But this time they aren’t, at least so far…

In fact, the current crisis is nobody’s fault, except Mother Nature’s. Both Katrina and Rita were stronger hurricanes when they plowed through offshore oil and gas fields than when they made landfall. And because damaged refineries and other energy facilities are competing for a limited number of repair crews, it’s taking a long time to get those facilities back up and running.

Doesn’t Exxon’s financial statement (Item 1.) you link to show their Net Income for the 6 months ending June 30, 2005 jumped to $15, 500 million from $11,230 million for the same period in 2004?

“Net” means after accounting for costs, right? I’m no mathematician but it seems like Exxon is not going to the Poorman’s house anytime soon, even though the ay-rabs are jacking up the price of crude.

Seriously, dude, regardless of Kaye’s inept punctuation, the world’s smallest violin is playing a sad song for the Oil Corporations these days.

What noone here has ever heard of furries?

Oh, eeeuuuuccchh! ::shudder::
Geeze, at least what I’m sexually attracted to is human. Though in the case of my ex, that’s debatable….

no i’m more of a traditional fetishist… If such a thing exists…

It has something to do with Eostre, the Anglo-Saxon fertility goddess, who’s symbol was the hare. As for the pinkness of the costume, my guess is that the Doc’s a little fruity.

That’s good. I was very close to banning you ;-)

Are you sure about that? I have documented proof that you own such a costume. I also have pictures of you wearing the costume in public, and sworn testimonials from women stating that you wear the costume during sex as some sort of fertility ritual. Don’t bother denying it.

So you’ll be going as Jonah Goldberg then.

Here’s the big difference between Moore and the two idiots you worship: Moore actually accomplished something by directing movies that were actually worth watching, while Gingrich and Morris sit on their fat asses basking in the fading afterglow of their so-called accomplishments.

As for the link to Scary Kerry, I would recommend trying this one:
http://www.drblt.com/music/ScaryKerry.mp3
Although it’s basically the same one I provided previously. I tested it out and it should work.

If that doesn’t work, just go to
http://www.drblt.com/freesong.htm or access it at
http://www.drblt.com

Thanks for your interest in the song, and please let me know if you find it to be a trick, a treat, or a little of both.

Modern Major-General, I’m sorry but that pink bunny costume comment whizzed right over my head. If you’re talking about me, I think you must have had a little too much to drink at a Halloween party and you’ve mistaken me for somebody else. I wouldn’t be caught dead in such an outfit. This Halloween I was actually thinking of dressing up like Michael Moore. I’ve been trying to pack on the pounds and stay up all hours of the night to try to induce some form of sleep-deprivation psychosis just so I’ll be more believable.